Antonio Castro Leal
| Antonio Castro Leal | |
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| Director of the Department of Fine Arts of Mexico | |
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In office 1934–1934 |
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| 2nd Mexican Representative to UNESCO | |
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In office 1950–1954 |
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| Preceded by | Manuel Martínez Báez |
| Succeeded by | Pedro de Alba |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico | |
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In office 1958–1961 |
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| Constituency | 8th district, Mexico City |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 2, 1896 San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico |
| Died | January 7, 1981 (aged 84) Coyoacán, Mexico City, Mexico |
| Nationality |
Mexican 
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| Political party | PRI |
| Alma mater | UNAM, Georgetown University |
| Occupation | Writer, Politician |
Antonio Castro Leal (March 2, 1896 – January 7, 1981) was a Mexican diplomat and intellectual.
Antonio Castro Leal was born on March 2, 1896 in San Luis Potosí. He received his licenciate and doctor of law degrees from the National Autonomous University of Mexico and his PhD from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Castro Leal was rector of UNAM in 1929 during the student strikes that ultimately lead to the university becoming autonomous, after which he resigned his post. In 1934 as Director of the Department of Fine Arts he inaugurated the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City. He lived in Paris from 1949 to 1954 as Mexico's ambassador and executive board member for UNESCO, after which he moved to Coyoacán, in Mexico City, where he lived for the rest of his life. He died on January 7, 1981.
(This is an incomplete list.)
(This is an incomplete list.)
Castro Leal also translated Maurice Dobb's Introduction to Economics for Mexico's Fondo de Cultura Económica.
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